Stupid English."

"English isn't stupid," I say.

"Well, my English teacher is." He makes a face. "Mr. Franklin assigned an essay about our favorite subject, and I wanted to write about lunch, but he won't let me."

"Why not?"

"He says lunch isn't a subject."

I glance at him. "It isn't."

"Well," Jacob says, "it's not a predicate, either. Shouldn't he know that?

Auteur: Jodi Picoult